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Towns tap reserve funds to A tribute to our fathers pay for major projects next year
Summerfield’s budget for the
IN THIS ISSUE News in brief ...........................................................2 Rules to allow higher-density housing ...............3 Your Questions .......................................................4 Summerfield Town Council meeting ..................8 Oak Ridge Town Council meeting ...................10 Stokesdale Town Council meeting...................14 NWO Business & Real Estate ..............................17 Where are the workers? .....................................18 Ask The Builder ................................................... 20
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Business/Real Estate news/briefs..................22, 26 NWO Kids’ Korner ............................................. 28 Northern Athletes of the Year ....................30 Student Profiles ............................................ 30 Soccer coach becomes athletic director..34 High school sports highlights........................ 35 Community Calendar ......................................36 Grins and Gripes ................................................ 40 Crime/Incident Report .......................................42 Classifieds ........................................................43 Index of Advertisers ..............................47 NWO On The Go ................... 48
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NW GUILFORD – Summerfield and Oak Ridge plan to spend a combined $4 million of savings next fiscal year to pay for what town leaders say are once-in-a-generation projects.
“My dad, James Proctor, has been a guiding force in my life in multiple ways. From a very early age, I remember his favorite thing to tell my brothers and I before we left the house to go out with friends, drive to work, etc., was, “don’t put yourself in harm’s way.” That very simple statement (which I have used with my daughter, Carly, multiple times) has
IS TH SU I E S
by CHRIS BURRITT, PATTI STOKES
fiscal year starting July 1 appropriates $3.32 million from the town’s fund balance for development and construction of the new town hall. In Oak Ridge, the budget draws $712,623 from the town’s reserves to help cover capital investments, including initial development of Heritage Farm Park as an extension of Town Park.
with more in our July 1 issue.
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Leaders draw from fund balances to pay for new town hall in Summerfield, expansion of Town Park in Oak Ridge, and town park improvements in Stokesdale
If we’ve been blessed with a loving father, we understand the deep and lasting impact their love and guidance can have on our lives. And if their time on this earth has passed, we also realize how their influence remains. On this Father’s Day, June 20, we honor all the dads, granddads, and father role models who are, and always will be, close to our hearts. We also thank those who responded immediately when we reached out and asked for them to share some thoughts about their fathers – as is often the case, we got more responses than we could fit into the space we had, so we’ll gladly continue
